Jan 18th 2019

Technically, "Tet" is a shortened (thank goodness!) form of Tết Nguyên Đán, a way to say "Lunar New Year" in Vietnamese. Considered the first day of spring and most important of national holidays in Vietnam, Tet is the annual Vietnamese New Year celebration, coinciding with the Lunar New Year celebrated throughout the world in January or February.

Although Tet can be a very exciting time to travel in Vietnam, it's also the busiest time of the year to be there. Millions of people will be traveling through the country to share reunions with friends and family. People usually bring gifts for their friends or family.

Here is a list of best gift ideas for Tet festival:

White Lotus lamp

One of the best Tet gift ideas is white lotus lamp. You can gift this gorgeous home decoration lamp to any Vietnamese family. The lamp comes in various colors and shades. You can also opt for textured ones to match it with the room colors.

This elegant lamp can adorn your bedroom, study room, living area and also work place. It is one of the hand-crafted items in Vietnam which is made with high quality moiré silk. The base is made with ebony wood and is available in different sizes also.

Mask

One of the best Tet gift ideas is mask. The most common mask to be sold in Vietnam this time of the year is that of ong Dia – a happy-go-lucky Vietnamese earth god who was said to have tamed qilin, a mythical creature, making it help and bless humans with peace and wealth.

Therefore, during lion or qilin dance performances that Vietnamese often organize to celebrate big ceremonies and festivals, like Tet, one of the dancers will wear this ong Dia mask and a big fake belly.

Red Envelopes

One of the best Tet gift idea is red envelopes. Vietnamese put money into the envelopes and then give them to children and the elderly as lucky money in one of their most important Tet customs: li xi. They also use the envelopes as traditional decorations to hang on their peach or apricot blossom trees.

While the envelopes are usually in red, which is a lucky color in Vietnamese folk belief, there are also other colors like yellow and green.

Hand Craved Mini Drawer

One of the best Tet gift ideas is hand craved mini drawer. The tiny and cute looking handmade art piece is definitely one of the best gift ideas for New Year. You would simply love this small drawer or box made in stone.

The major feature of this mini drawer is the craving done on it. It simply makes the plain looking box very elegant. The beautiful designs and elaborate cravings on the soapstone pieces look magnificent. Vietnamese are known for the best handmade and this truly one of the best among those. These small boxes can be used as keepsake, for keeping jewelry pieces and gold coins.

Those are four gift ideas for Tet Festival. Complete your Christmas experience with something premium and memorable like Danisa butter cookies. As premium Danish butter cookies with original Danish recipe, Danish butter cookies mostly served during tea time. There are two variants of this luxury Danish butter cookies which are butter cookies and filled cookies.

For butter cookies itself consists of three variants like traditional butter cookies, Choco cashew butter cookies, and currant butter cookies. In addition, Danish butter cookies filled cookies has two variants, choco filled butter cookies, and pineapple filled butter cookies. That is why Danisa is favorable butter cookies around the globe.

Furthermore, Danish butter cookies is not only for dinner but also for a gift on special occasions like Christmas or New Year to the beloved one.